I contracted for it; I earned it; it was paid to me; it was rightfully my own; yet, upon each returning Saturday night, I was compelled to deliver every cent of that money to Master Hugh.
In his autobiography, Douglass describes the profound injustice of being forced to surrender his hard-earned wages to his master, despite having earned them himself.
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